Alexander
D.
Grant
Born in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Grant III
and Theophile (Bartlett) Grant
Brother of
Abigail (Grant) Root, Samuel Grant IV, Azariah Grant, Aaron Grant, Gideon Grant, Abiel Grant, Ozias Grant and Elizabeth (Grant) Strong
Husband of
Agnes (Jarrett) Grant
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Thankful (Lyman) Grant
— married
1768 [location unknown]
Husband of
Miriam S. (Sexton) Grant
— married
2 Nov 1771 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Grant, Alexander Grant, Jane (Grant) Hale, Elizabeth (Grant) Burnley, Robert Grant, Peter Grant, Judith Grant, William Grant and Erastus Grant
Died
at age 65
in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Mar 2016
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Biography
Alexander Grant, born 12 Dec 1735, was the eighth child of Theophile Bartlett & Samuel Grant of East Windsor, Connecticut.
He married at least twice:
- 1) in 1768 Thankful Lyman [daughter of Gad Lyman of Northampton, Massachusetts; d. 9 Sep 1770 in 28th year; buried at Windsor, Connecticut]
- 2) 2 Nov 1771 @ Windsor, Connecticut, widow Miriam (Sexton) Bliss of Springfield, Massachusetts [b. 19 Mar 1738, daughter of Judge Sexton of Enfield; married 1st 6 Dec 1757 David Bliss (b. 19 Dec 1722, son of William Bliss & Margaret Lombard; d. 12 Dec 1760]. They had 3 children,, all born at Westfield, Massachusetts:
- Erastus Grant, b. 28 Jul 1774; married 4 May 1801 @ Westfield, Massachusetts, Eunice Sackett; d. 26 Nov 1865 @ Westfield
- Thankful Grant, b. 12 May 1776; married 4 Feb 1798 Elihu Emerson; d. 12 Apr 1834 @ Norwich, Vermont
- Cynthia Grant, b. 19 Mar 1781; married 11 Nov 1798 Joseph Emerson; d. 3 Feb 1861 @ Norwich, Vermont
Alexander Grant died 26 Apr 1801 at Westfield, Massachusetts.
Research Notes
According to Famliysearch.org and other sources like Ancestry, He married three times:
1) on 20 December 1751in Goochland, Virginia Agnes Jarrett ( b. abt. 1737 - d. aft. 1805) [daughter of Thomas Jarrett and Mary Gerrard].
Sources
- Grant, Arthur. The Grant Family, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant of Windsor, Conn. (A.V. Haight, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1898); pp. 15, 32: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/15/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/32/mode/1up
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #37524837
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Geoff Grant
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-A15177, FTDNA kit #293999
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~0.78%
J Long :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A796673 [compare]
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Sharon Keirn :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Barbara Friel :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BA [compare], Ancestry member cpdurgeloh
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Grant-18635 and Grant-7267 appear to represent the same person because: Name and proximate birth and death information
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